Hawaii's goal to have 55% of adults earn a college degree by 2025.

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Good news! Updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Hawai‘i is moving towards our 55 by ’25 education goal. From 2015 to 2016, 5,863 more of Hawai‘i‘s working age adults (over the previous year) have a two- or four-year college degree, increasing our percentage to 44.3%, up from 43.7%.

High school students in Hawaiʻi are earning college credits at rapidly rising rates thanks to a collaboration between the University of Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education called Early College, which offers the opportunity for students to take college courses at their high school and earn credit toward their high school graduation and college degree.

“We’re continuing to see a positive trend in terms of the degree to which students from our public schools are prepared for college and careers,” said Stephen Schatz, executive director of Hawaii P-20. New data shows students are better prepared for the rigor of college coursework.

A new report from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) found that a UH graduate with an associate’s degree, on average, makes $360,000 more in his or her lifetime over a high school graduate. A UH graduate with a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn over $950,000 over a lifetime in Hawaii.

During the past couple months, over 650 students from Farrington, Kealakehe, Leilehua, McKinley, Wai‘anae and Waipahu high schools have filled out an application with more events scheduled to occur at other schools in the coming months.

Hawaii public school students who earn college credits while still in high school are 1.5 times more likely to enroll in college than their peers, far surpassing state and national college-enrollment averages, a new report on the state’s so-called dual credit programs shows.

Students from Kaimuki, Nānākuli, Wai‘anae and Waipahu High Schools spoke to the Hawai‘i State Legislature about the college access program GEAR UP and the impact it has had on their success in high school and aspirations for college.

Good news! Updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Hawai‘i is moving towards our 55 by ’25 education goal. From 2015 to 2016, 5,863 more of Hawai‘i‘s working age adults (over the previous year) have a two- or four-year college degree, increasing our percentage to 44.3%, up from 43.7%.

About 55 by '25

Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education is a statewide partnership led by the Executive Office on Early Learning, the Hawaii State Department of Education and the University of Hawaii System that is working to strengthen the education pipeline from early childhood through higher education so that all students achieve career and college success.